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The HVP China Node was officially launched on 26 June, 2015, after an agreement was signed with the Beijing China Health Huayang Institute of Gene Technology on the 6th of January this year. China have been involved in a limited capacity with the Project since 2010, but this marks the beginning of what is looking to be a unified Chinese contribution to the Human Variome Project.

The HVP China Node Working Committee had held a meeting on the day preceding the launch. Professor Runlin Ma from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences was elected as Chair of the Expert Committee of HVP China Node Working committee.